The Pop Music Idol and the Spirit of Charisma is concerned with the political economy of the music industry in a world of digitalisation. The sale of recorded music now resides in a contestable digital landscape. The old organisational models based on centralised control of products are no longer viable because pop music now resides in a largely corporatist marketplace. The majors have desperately set out to seek commercial synergies in the 21st Century as emerging technologies have brought dimi